During the transition to the 21st-century tech storm, a project manager has increasingly had to deal with new challenges in managing project portfolios in the software development pipeline. Moreover, project managers are known to work on more than one project simultaneously. As a result, the role of project management has become more prominent in 2021.
Today, to make an impression as a project manager, you need to be a strategic business partner who believes in organizational success and copes with inevitable setbacks.
This post will discuss how to exploit the manager’s role to make your project successful. Enjoy!
Program Management vs. Project Management
Understanding the difference between program and project management is the first step to becoming a successful project manager. Today, project management is more tactical, involving checking off things as they are done, on time, and under a budget.
While it’s undoubtedly essential to have this skill set, program management can strategically look at the project in multiple workstreams.
A Broader Approach for Success
To be successful, if you oversee a technology transformation, think about yourself as a program manager of the overall activity that includes a heavy technological component. Thus, there could be other workstreams that you need to manage outside of the technical scope.
For example, managing organizational change, architecture integrations, improving processes, aligning an overall strategy, and other aspects are essential for a successful transformation. Therefore, when you consider your position and where you devote your time and effort, it’s important to think of things in a broader sense than just project management concepts.
Learn more about the differences between a product manager and a project manager on our blog.
Top 5 Desirable Qualities in a Good Project Manager
1. Effective Risk Management
Proactively mitigating instead of reactively responding is what makes a project successful…
